Aug 8, 2010 22:14
13 yrs ago
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English term

common denominator

English to Arabic Social Sciences Government / Politics
This outcome has been described by .... as “McWorld,” where what is most attractive in each society is sterilized, repackaged, and sold to the rest of the planet and where those things that lack mass appeal are thrown away or driven out, replaced by what satisfies the widest public and the lowest common denominator.
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Aug 9, 2010 09:01: Basel Jbaily changed "Language pair" from "Arabic to English" to "English to Arabic"

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Basel Jbaily (asker) Aug 8, 2010:
Thanks AHMAD for your reply. I forgot to mention that I know it means القاسم المشترك. The ditionary says that ;-). I need it in this context. Thanks

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الحس المشترك

the widest public and the lowest common denominator
الجمهور العريض والحسَّ المشترك

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بالمناسبة، أخي باسل، ياليتك تنقل السؤال إلى الزوج اللغوي المناسب، إنكليزي- عربي
Note from asker:
Thanks TargamaT for noting this. Just changed the language pai
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القاسم المشترك

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الذوق الأساسي العام

low·est common denominator (lst)
n.

2.
a. The most basic, least sophisticated level of taste, sensibility, or opinion among a group of people.
b. The group having such taste, sensibility, or opinion: "The press can resist the standard of the lowest common denominator, the rationalization that all news is fit to print that has appeared anywhere else" (Edward M. Kennedy).

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lowest common denominator
Noun

lowest common denominator (plural lowest common denominators)

2. (figuratively) The most simple or base shared interest or characteristic among a group or collection of people etc.

Reality TV really is appealing to the lowest common denominator in audiences.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lowest_common_denominator

It can also be
الاهتمامات الأساسية العامة أو المشتركة
depending on the context
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22 hrs

المتطلبات المشتركة

المتطلبات المشتركة
It may be like that in this context
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2 days 3 hrs

القاسم المشترك الأعظم

القاسم المشترك الأعظم مصطلح في علوم الحساب والهندسة ويستخدم للتعبير عن كل ما هو مشترك بين جميع الحصابات الممكنة في عديد من السياقات
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